The role of wrack deposits for supralittoral arthropods: An example using Atlantic sandy beaches of Brazil and Spain

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 136, Issue , 2014, Pages 61-71

  Ruiz Delgado, Ma Carmen ^a   Vieira, Jenyffer Vierheller ^b   Veloso, Valéria Gomes ^e   Reyes Martínez, Ma José ^a   Sallorenzo, Ilana Azevedo ^c   Borzone, Carlos Alberto ^b   Sánchez Moyano, Juan Emilio ^d   García García, Francisco José ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atlantic coast; Driftlines; Sandy beaches; South of Brazil; Southwest of Spain; Supralittoral arthropods; Wrack

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTHROPOD; BEACH; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEPOSITION; DETRITUS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MACROALGA; MACROPHYTE; PROPAGULE; SHORE PLATFORM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC COAST [BRAZIL]; ATLANTIC COAST [EUROPE]; ATLANTIC COAST [SOUTH AMERICA]; ATLANTIC COAST [SPAIN]; BRAZIL; PARANA [BRAZIL]; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; SPAIN;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; STAPHYLINIDAE; TALITRIDAE; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 84900512697     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2013.11.016     Document Type: Article

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